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Oh, sure, a lot of those people who bailed on the Arizona call probably did come back. Fox is the 800-pounder. But I do also think Fox has learned its lesson from that episode, because it did cost them eyeballs for a while, which costs them ad revenue for a bit, and they don’t want a repeat of that.

This is a pitchers’ deadline. Teams aren’t paying for hitting. Either way, I think a “pretty underwhelming return” beats a goose egg every day.

The Nationals got something for Candelario. We got nothing.

You misspelled "Pwned".

I don't think this is true—after all, Fox lost a boatload of viewers to its right flank just because they called a state during election coverage. I think Fox has painted itself into the corner of, they can't afford to piss off its viewers by not properly fluffing Trump, because when they don't, Trump tells everyone about it and his minions fall all over themselves making a show of their support.

I don't think players would say about any player "he's amazing, how he doesn't seem to have to work at it at all", because that comes off as an insult. Players respect guys who put in the work, and they don't respect guys who don't. As for coaching, I think you were right with your observation that his way of coaching probably wouldn't fit with the Tigers' new way, and also, not yet said, his way might fit perfectly with Miami's way. I'm an outsider, so I have no way of knowing, but based strictly on what I've seen of him through the media over the years, I would bet he's a guy who would never want to look at charts, or attend coaches meetings, or work with the farm clubs, or anything else that would require constant diligence and effort. I see him as wanting to hang out in the clubhouse and the dugout dispensing pearls of wisdom to major leaguers as the mood strikes him. He has created value during his entire superstar career by being Miggy. I can't envision that changing.

Yes, which is why 19-year-old Cristian Hernandez playing A Ball in the Cubs system might be a decent get if his tools fit within Harris/Hinch's development strategy.

OK, I see. I had interpreted your comment of "disappointing" as being disappointed in his outing. I think it was a mixed outing at worst, and we could make the case that it was a pretty good outing overall considering the outcomes he could control more (nine strikeouts and no walks in five innings), and despite the outcomes he has less control over (three bombs).

how about this one?

Claiming hostility on the part of Fox is a pretty canny way to crack the whip on them to make them even Trumpier. After all, if Fox can't keep the red hats in tow, where do they go as a network? They're never going to go left or middle, and there is no longer any substantial moderate Republican base to cater to. Their only choice is tack harder right, and again, a browbeating by Trump and his flying monkeys is probably the surest way to get them to do that.

It is population?

Do they describe him as such? Maybe, although I haven't heard. In any event, I don't regard player comments to the press as being the most reliable barometers of news or truth.

Harris doesn't seem like a guy who chases numbered prospects, so it might depend on whether he and Hinch believe Hernandez, or whomever they go after with Lange (if at all), has the right kind of skills they can optimize.

I’m still not convinced he’s going to stay in baseball after he’s done, anyway. Feels to me he has an active, busy life outside the game, living the best life possible in Miami. He doesn’t strike me as a guy who lives to work.

I know Avila paid lip service to modern thinking with more of a stat focus, at least for the short time he felt pressured to, but it was easy to see more than five years ago that they weren’t taking it seriously.

Detroit has lost 65%of it is population?

Depends. In a park with long fences, those homers might be outs. HR/FB is seen by many as a luck stat. In the meantime, the things he can control, mainly strikeouts and balls, he killed. So different people may take away different conclusions.

Was it improved? Not sure, but either way, the bar is super low.

If the Cubs are buying, they're gonna need bullpen help, so maybe Lange right back to them for Cristian Hernandez? Lange's a devil they know and they shouldn't need shortstop prospects for a while.

Incompetence will out.

Thanks for clarifying. I was hoping that you weren’t upset by my clunky first paragraph which I wondered was being misinterpreted as humble-bragging about how healthy I am or something like that. Obviously not what I meant, but sometimes it’s hard to see eggshells.

@LaceyLou, I am interested in your perspective so I can understand why you disagree.

I am starting to contemplate the idea that, if Cabrera does go into coaching or becomes a front office special assistant, he’s might do so with the Marlins instead of the Tigers, since he won a ring with them, and Miami is a city he loves which is populated with people who speak his language.

Cheating or no cheating, this is a hell of a game.